81 Pounder !

[striperjoe32]

Check out the pics on catchbigfish.net - pretty awesome. BigCat and his crew landed the whopper on Oct 3rd just sough of the Dutch Gap area. The water temp is actually 72-74 degrees and droppping slowly which is good. Bait is scattered. Stripers are still not very active but then again, that depends on the "hole" you are fishing. I personally have been scouting several nites last week and will continue this week. They are THERE !

Note - JRCC tourney this SUNDAY. Open to all $50/boat plus $10 big fish. Everyone make an effort to attend cause everyone has a chance as this will be a 50 lb target wt. tourney. Up to 5 fish to get closest to 50 pounds wins. Check out details on James River Outdoors.com. Standings are for anglers who have fished a majorityof the tourneys and are vying for Angler of the Year which pays a cash bonus for persistency and good fishing. New boats are welcome because of course we still pay 1st, 2nd and 3rd, so the $$$ to win is there.

Capt Joe Cannon

[JPritch]

That's one heck of a fish. Congrats to the fellow who caught it!

That's a number of big fish I've heard caught this past weekend. Conditions must have been ideal.

[martineta]

Congratulations on the whopper catfish. I want one!

[FinaddictMike]

Awesome, I couldn't believe the temps when I went out two weeks ago and the water was 75-80 degrees.